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Trang 1Question 1-5 Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions
1 A activity B initiate C society D delicacy
2 A business B company C compensate D compartment
3 A famine B result C hunger D solid
4 A advantage B potential C destruction D colony
5 A animal B essential C manual D spectacle
Question 6-35 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option to fill each blank.
6 Pierre speaks English so well and so _
A Lucille B speaks Lucille C Lucille does D does Lucille
7 Either of the men off duty
A are B were C have been D is
8 Those men are paid by _
A the hour B an hour C every hour D hour
9 _patient, and you will succeeD.
A to be B be C are D being
10 Susan comes here by bus, does not she?
A Yes, she does B No, she does not
C Yes, she will D No, she won’t
11 You do it your own way I’ll do it mine
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12 Always _ honest in whatever you do
A to be B should be C are D be
13. at the corner, a brick fell on his heaD.
A Turning B When he turned
C having turned D he turned
14 The train will leave Pennsylvania Station _
twelve minutes
A in B for C at D through
15 I bought yesterday
A a trouser B a pair of trousers C a trousers D the trouser
16 The Greek islands are very with tourists in the summer
A keen B suited C popular D appealing
17 The school _ students with the materials they need for artwork classes so you do not need to buy anything
A provides B gives C points D indicates
18 The discovery of the steam engine was certainly a major _ in science in the eighteenth century
A approach B breakthrough C expectation D outbreak
19 The doctor told us he’d have to stay in hospital longer
because of unexpected
A aspects B factors C justifications D complications
20 This video _ how you can record CDs using your PC
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21 I am looking for the _ to open the wine Have you seen it anywhere?
A corkscrew B screwdriver C spanner D lever
22 Walt Disney Productions has made some of the best
films in the history of cinema
A motive B animated C active D amateur
23 The old airport will be _ to a huge park and a playing field
A converted B convicted C complemented D turned
24 The government issued a statement the use of drugs in sports
A convicting B complaining C condemning D sentencing
25 You can increase your body’s _ to colds and flu
by drinking plenty of fresh organ juice, which is a great source
of Vitamin C
A firmness B intake C resistance D restriction
26 Despite knowing that it was a bad thing to do, Sam felt a strong to steal the money
A obsession B compulsion C exaggeration D outlet
27 The police kept the suspect under twenty-four hours a day as they were afraid he would try to leave the
country
A observation B treatment C resistance D obsession
28 British Rail apologizes for the delay to this service, which is
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A resulted B owed C because D due
29 I cannot give you an answer on the I will have
to think about it for a few days
A place B minute C bet D spot
30 It's difficult trying to work while you are traveling Why do not you try buying a laptop- that might do the _?
A game B trick C spot D play
31 I am afraid I am addicted coffee I cannot wake
up nor work without it
A on B in C for D to
32 In the _ of recent research, you should wear sun-cream on your face even in winter
A shadow B light C show D proof
33 My reaction to his letter was to phone him and complain, but in the end I decided not to
A innate B direct C obvious D initial
34 I am afraid you will have to make a decision at once We have no time to _
A save B spare C draw D adjust
35 It took my sister some time to get used to living on an
island, but she began to like it
A initially B instantly C eventually D constantly
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When Hotmail was (36) up in 1996, it was not huge success that it is today But on every e-mail sent (37)
_ Hotmail, there was a tine at the bottom saying,
‘Get your private, free e-mail at hotmail.com’, providing them with a free advertisement This simple idea soon paid (38)
and Hotmail went from strength to power ICQ, which (39) for ‘I seek you’, an instant messaging service that (40) _ off in a similar way and made
a (41) _ The popularity of ICQ spread because
users recommended is to their friends so that they could have people to chat to online The vast majority of Internet users tried it and it was eventual taken (42) by
Netscape so as to control their competition These are example
of what is known as “viral” communication – so called because the message spreads like a virus It used to be (43) that Roll Royce never needed to advertise – despite (44)
high cost of the luxury cars – because owners were more than happy to tell their friends and neighbors how satisfied they were Nowadays, if you are (45) to the Internet, the word can be spread in half a second and,
within a day; you might have indirectly communicated with
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36 A established B laid C set D begun
37 A into B along C inside D via
38 A up B back C off D for
39 A pounds B represents C looks D stands
40 A let B set C took D gave
41 A fortune B treasure C wealth D prosperity
42 A round B down C under D over
43 A repeated B spoken C explained D said
44 A very B its C the D a
45 A associated B joined C connected D downloaded
Question 46 - 55 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions.
The atmosphere of Venus is quite different from ours
Measurements taken from the Earth show a high concentration
of carton dioxide in the atmosphere of Venus In fact, carbon dioxide makes up 96 percent of Venus’ atmosphere; nitrogen makes up almost all the rest The Earth’s atmosphere, by
comparison, is mainly nitrogen, with a fair amount of oxygen as well Carbon dioxide makes up less than 0.1 percent of the
terrestrial atmosphere
The surface pressure of Venus’ atmosphere is 90 times higher
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Earth’s history, carbon dioxide on Earth has mixed with rain to dissolve rocks; the dissolved rock and carbon dioxide eventually flow into oceans, where they precipitate to form new terrestrial rocks, often with the help of life-forms If this carbon dioxide were released from the Earth’s rocks, along with lower carbon dioxide trapped in seawater, our atmosphere would become as dense and have as high a pressure as that of Venus Venus,
slightly closer to the Sun than Earth and thus hotter, had no oceans in which carbon dioxide could dissolve or life to help take up the carbon
Also, Venus has probable lost almost all the water it ever had Since Venus is closer to the Sun than Earth is, its lower
atmosphere was hotter even early on The result was that more water vapor went into its upper atmosphere, where solar
ultraviolet rays broke in up into hydrogen and oxygen The
hydrogen, a light gas, escaped easily; the oxygen has combined with other gasses or with iron on Venus’ surface
Studies from the Earth show that the clouds on Venus are
primarily composed of droplets of sulfuric acid, with water
droplets mixed in Sulfuric acid may sound strange as a cloud constituent, but the Earth too has a significant layer of sulfuric acid droplets in its stratosphere However, the water in the
lower layers of the Earth’s atmosphere, circulating because of
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46 What does the passage mainly discuss?
A Atmospheric differences between Venus and Earth.
B How Venus lost the water it once had.
C The influence of the Sun on Venus.
D A comparison between the upper and the lower atmosphere
on Venus
47 In terms of their amount in the atmosphere, what is the proportion of carbon dioxide on Earth and on Venus?
A Almost 1000
B Almost 100.
C Almost 1/3.
D Almost 90
48 What are the gases that Venus’s atmosphere mostly
consists of?
A Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and oxygen.
B Carbon dioxide and oxygen.
C Nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen.
D Carbon dioxide and nitrogen.
49 What can possibly be the reason that there is so much
carbon dioxide in Venus’ atmosphere?
A There is no oxygen.
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C There is no water and life on Venus.
D There is no oxygen and water on Venus.
50 What may be the explanation of low air pressure on earth?
A Oxygen readily available.
B Water evaporating.
C Carbon dioxide dissolved in water.
D Precipitation.
51 According to the passage, what causes Venus’ surface
pressure?
A Dissolving rocks.
B Frequent heavy rain.
C Its distance from the Sun.
D The composition of its atmosphere.
52 What is the writer’s purpose with the sentence “If this
carbon dioxide were released from the Earth’s rocks, ”?
A To present a situation that is contrary to fact.
B To convince readers that a certain process in harmless.
C To describe an event that took place long ago.
D To explain what is likely to happen in the future.
53 What may cause the disappearance of the water on Venus?
A The prevalent amount of carbon dioxide
B High temperature and the Sun’s ultraviolet rays
C High temperature and low surface pressure
D High surface pressure and low temperature.
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resulted from processes involving Earth’s carbon dioxide?
A A steady increase in the density of Earth’s atmosphere.
B An increase rate at which rock dissolves.
C The accumulation of carbon dioxide in Earth’s rock.
D The expansion of Earth’s oceans.
55 According to the passage, what happened to oxygen on
Venus?
A Most of it was absorbed into rocks.
B It was released from water and then combined with other
substances
C It chemically combined with hydrogen from atmospheric
water
D It has been slowly replacing carbon dioxide in Venus’ upper
atmosphere
Question 56 - 65 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions.
Color in textiles is produced by dyeing, by printing, or by
painting Until the nineteenth century, all dyes were derived from vegetable or, more rarely, animal or mineral sources
Since madder plants could be grown practically everywhere, the roots of some species of the madder plant family were used
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overdyeing or overprinting of yellow and blue However, yellow dyes, whether from weld or some other plant sources such as saffron or turmeric, invariably fade or disappear This accounts for the bluish tinge of what were once bright greens in, for
example, women tapestry
The range of natural colors was hugely expanded and, indeed, superseded by the chemical dyes developed during the
eighteen hundreds By 1900, a complete range of synthetic
colors had been evolved, many of which reached a standard of resistance to fading from exposure to light and to washing that greatly exceeded that of natural dyestuffs Since then,
petroleum industry has added many new chemicals, and from these, other types of dyestuffs have been developed Much of the research in dyes was stimulated by the peculiarities of some
of the new synthetic fibers- Acetate rayon, for example,
seemed at first to have no affinity for dyes and a new range of dyes had to be developed; nylon and Terylene presented
similar problems
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methods With the exception of printing patterns directly onto the cloth, whether by block, roller, or screen, all of these are based on dyeing; that is, immersion of the fabric in a dye bath
56 The passage mainly discusses the
A Development of synthetic colors for textiles during the
nineteenth century
B Advantages of chemical dyes over dyes derived from plants
and animals
C Differences between dyeing textiles and printing items
D History of the use of natural and chemical dyes to color
textiles
57 According to the passage, what was the source of most textile dyes that were used before the nineteenth century?
A Animals.
B Minerals.
C Plants.
D Chemicals.
58 What was the advantage of using madder plants for
different shades of red?
A It was possible to cultivate madder plants in almost every
location
B Madder plants produced brighter colors than other plant
sources
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sources
D Dyes derived from the madder plants were easier to work
with than other dyes
59 One disadvantage of green dyes before the nineteenth century was _
A The yellow dyes were expensive
B They lost their original color
C The blue dyes involved lost their color
D The final color varied
60 The green areas in women tapestries developed a bluish tinge because _
A A darker color, like blue, dominates a light color, like yellow
B Light changed some of the green dye used in the tapestries
to blue
C The yellow dye that was used in the tapestries had faded
D The dyes used to color woven tapestries were made from
minerals
61 Red dyes came mostly from _
A animals
B plants and insects
C indigo
D minerals
62 How did chemical dyes compare to natural dyes?
A The chemical dyes had less attractive colors.
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C The chemical dyes lost their brightness more quickly when
exposed to light
D The chemical dyes held up better after washing.
63 The chemical dyes keep color because they are less prone
to _
A sunshine
B wind
C restriction
D wear
64 According to the passage, what problem led to the
development of the new dyes after 1900?
A Previously developed dyes did not work on new types of
fibers
B Dyes derived from petroleum caused damage to new
synthetic fibers
C New synthetic fibers lost required brighter colors than
natural fibers did
D New fabrics easily lost their colors when washed.
65 What does the author mean by “block, roller, or screen”?
A To give examples of textile printing techniques that are
based on dyeing
B To argue that all methods printing patterns onto textiles
involve dyeing
C To emphasize the variety of special tools used the process of